Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 122, Issue 44
Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2014, at 1:09 PM, wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimedia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Wikimedia-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses. (Kevin Gorman) 2. Re: Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses. (Nathan) 3. Re: Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses. (David Gerard) 4. Re: Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses. (Kevin Gorman) 5. Re: Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses. (Wil Sinclair) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 12:39:16 -0700 From: Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses. Message-ID: cajja526pwx8bstp9pm2vuj1qvaptr+_72mjhftztsq20enw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Pete: there's not really any point in making this thread a laundry list of times that admins and crats on commons fucked up vs times they didn't fuck up. There are plenty of historical decisions on Commons that I agree wholeheartedly with. There have even been cases where I advanced arguments in deletion nominations that I honestly didn't expect to be accepted that were, including one instance where someone who initially voted keep took the time to go ahead and read the laws of the country the photograph was taken in w/r/t identifiable people and changed his vote. Instances like that are absolutely commendable, but they're also far from universal. Admins and crats on commons have also historically made a large number of decisions that fly in the face of WMF board resolutions, often repeatedly. Commons doesn't speak with a unified voice, but people with advanced userrights on Commons do speak with a louder voice than the rest of the community, in that they have the ostensible authority to actually carry out their actions. A project where people with advanced userrights fairly regularly make decisions that fly in the face of WMF board resolutions and are not censured by their peers is a project with problems. David: I haven't seen anyone assert that the image in question isn't a violation of the principle of least astonishment. I've seen several people suggest the image was acceptable for other reasons. If you can articulate a reasonable (i.e., not full of snark and one that indicates you've read at least most of the ongoing discussion) argument that putting the image in question on Commons frontpage (and the frontpage of numerous other projects in the process,) is not a violation of the principle of least astonishment, I'd love to hear it. Especially if you craft your argument to recognize the fact that the image was both displayed on projects that didn't speak any of the languages it was captioned in, and given that most Wikimedia viewers can't actually play our video formats. I guess you could argue that the resolution only says that the board supports the POLA rather than requires it, but that's a rather weak argument for putting a grainy black and white stack of dead corpses linking to a video many can't play that's only captioned in a handful of langauges on the frontpage of a project that serves projects in 287 different languages. Kevin Gorman On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:14 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 May 2014 05:04, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: No, Russavia: I'm not suggesting that Commons' policies should mirror those of ENWP. I'm suggesting that Commons should have a process in place that ensures that it follows the clearly established resolutions of the WMF board, which I would remind you *do* trump local policy. This particular incident failed to do so, and it's not the first time that such a thing has occurred on Commons. See, there you're asserting that this is a slam-dunk violation, and it's really clear just from this thread that it really isn't. Your personal feelings are not the determinant of Wikimedia comment, and won't become so through repetition. - d.
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS
Hi Austin, Thanks for letting me know. I use PGP, but there's something wrong with my key right now. I'll look into it and get back to you. Thanks, Yana On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Yana Welinder y...@wikimedia.org wrote: I should also mention that while we try to be as transparent as possible in all our work (including holding community consultations around all major legal policies and providing frequent updates on our work), there are very limited situations where public discussions could actually hurt free access to Wikipedia. If you have thoughts about the evolving censorship landscape, feel free to email me directly, if possible via encrypted email. Would you mind clarifying which encryption method? S/MIME? PGP? I was actually going to reply, because what you said puzzled me, but this is the only PGP key I could find for you on the public keyservers: pub 4096R/FFF81E5E 2015-06-01 *** KEY REVOKED *** [not verified] Yana Welinder ywelin...@wikimedia.org Austin ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Yana Welinder Senior Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 @yanatweets https://twitter.com/yanatweets NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. In other words, IANYL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The ProWikimedia award and thanking the volunteers
Great idea! Thanks for sharing this model. On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:49 AM, Santi Navarro santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es wrote: Great iniciative. I love it and I'll try to do something similar in Spain. Thanks for sharing this. Santi El 2015-06-11 22:43, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska escribió: Dear all As you all know in the Wikmedia movement nothing really inspiring and creative can be done without the volunteers. Their ideas, time and energy are priceless. That is why Wikimedia Poland has created an award to say thank you to great people that inspire and coordinate our projects (expeditions, workshops, editathons, photo contests etc.) and for the volunteer of the year. We invited four people from the outside of the Wikimedia movement - people representing cultural institutions NGO's and the media - to form a jury with a task to choose the projects and the volunteer that should be rewarded. The jury also gave us precious information about how people who are not Wikimedians see our projects and which they perceive as the most interesting and inspiring. The ProWikimedia 2015 award will be given in 4 categories: 1. Free content ambassador - in recognition of a project which had major impact on promoting openness, knowledge of free licenses, and free culture outside Wikimedia communities or which resulted in resources that were of great use to projects, institutions and publications outside of the WIkimedia movement 2. Efficient content acquisition - in recognition of a project which exhibited a high ratio of acquired content quality and quantity in the context of financial outlays 3. Innovation / pioneering character in acquiring free content - in recognition of a project which showed creativity, innovative approach and original viewpoint in acquiring free contents for the WIkimedia projects 4. The volunteer of the year The award ceremony will take place this Saturday in the library of the European Solidarity Center - an institution with a mission of maintaining the heritage and message of the Solidarity movement and sharing the achievements of the peaceful struggle for freedom, justice, democracy and human rights. And it is a great place to recognize the great effort of Wikimedia volunteers who change the world by sharing knowledge. The ProWikimedia project has already (thanks to the outside jury) thought us a lot about our actions and initiatives and given us precious (and sometimes surprising) insight. But it's main purpose is to keep our volunteers inspired, encourage them to start new initiatives and show them how great job they are doing. I am really excited about this award as I truly believe that showing gratitude to our volunteers is something really important. And we need to find new ways to do it. Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska [[user:Magalia]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Project Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Yana Welinder y...@wikimedia.org wrote: I should also mention that while we try to be as transparent as possible in all our work (including holding community consultations around all major legal policies and providing frequent updates on our work), there are very limited situations where public discussions could actually hurt free access to Wikipedia. If you have thoughts about the evolving censorship landscape, feel free to email me directly, if possible via encrypted email. Would you mind clarifying which encryption method? S/MIME? PGP? I was actually going to reply, because what you said puzzled me, but this is the only PGP key I could find for you on the public keyservers: pub 4096R/FFF81E5E 2015-06-01 *** KEY REVOKED *** [not verified] Yana Welinder ywelin...@wikimedia.org Austin ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
